Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Vocabulary Test

A little back story first... While on twitter, one of folks I follow was talking about a FREE e-book that he just got for his Kindle. I have enjoyed his tweets, so I thought, 'it's free - why not give it a try'. I finished the book last night and I have to say it was one of the toughest books I've read in as long as I can remember. It seemed like every other page, I was coming across a word that I didn't know the meaning of! Luckily the Kindle has a "built-in" dictionary, and I obviously took advantage of that feature. In my defense... the book was written around 1911, and it was originally written in French, so some of the words have a French origin.But I'm curious: out of these 86 words, how many do you know the meaning of?(also, some of the words, I was able to deduce the meaning of based on the context, but even so I marked it as a word I didn't know). (also: any misspellings are from the book).Oh - and if you're interested... you can download the book here. I found it a good read overall (the ending kinda fell apart for me only due to an increase of character names and I was getting a bit lost).>>>munificentremuneratedcoignvexationchitcopsepresentimentescritoirecircumlocutionspretermittedvouchsafedgendarmeperemptorynavviesquietenedcrapulousmonomaniaparoxysmsadduceeffacedentelatedpilulesperemptorilyképiimpassivityfastidiousnesswenequipagefelloesperambulatorrushesmienpursysquireensulsterdisquisitionobloquydeferentabstractedimpudenceconciliateabdicateexpiateperemptorythroveanodynesunctuousevinceddiscomfitedministrationsinterminablelibations :one of my favoritesevincingpotationsunctuouslygarrulityperemptorilybrookedalightedjemmy :one of my favoritesvouchsafedpeccadilloprivationsadroitlypluckymajor-domoparoxysmperipateticwarderblenchedacclivitysoliloquisingvituperationcalumnyBoshTorquemadalorgnettesadducingProteusperfunctorilydeprecatinglyinveteratecallowtoffs :one of my favoriteslugubrious